Acceptable Repaints/Retools

[KaRNiV8L PRiME]

Don't get me wrong, i'm feeling the TT/Hasbro love this week however i'm over the amount of repaints and minor retools that are getting released. I understand why hasbro do it, it's smart business but repaints should be kept to a minimum.

Which other repaints should've been new molds and which upcoming releases are you ok with being repaints?

[SharkyMcShark]

I don't really like repaints that are powered up/slightly different versions of the same character with apparently random colouring (Tuner Mudflap/Skids is an example).

Repaints that look nicer than the original figure, and repaints that are homages are always welcome.

[Hursticon]

I too hate pointless repaints, like Shadow Command Megatron and Night Ops Prime???

If a repaint/retool is done to be a new character and does said character justice, short of a new mold, than I've got no problems at all.

Unfortunately, this issue does tend to come up a lot and it's kind of unavoidable really, as they're pretty much here to stay, but if we could see a reduction in the amount of the pointless, like listed above, than that would be a much welcomed thing.

[Paulbot]

I think any repaint/retool from the early 80s is acceptable because those repaints and retools were given memorable and now familiar identities.

So others like Trailbreaker/Hoist, Windcharger/Tailgate, Brawn/Outback are okay in my book too. Even a modern repaint idea like Bumblebee into Wasp is something I'd be ok with seeing more of (because Waspinator is a memorable character, and having an evil Bumblebee called Wasp makes such great sense).

[Hursticon]

Can you add an 'All of the Above' option?

[KaRNiV8L PRiME]

Can you add an 'All of the Above' option?

You can tick each if you like.

[Hursticon]

You can tick each if you like.

I ticked all but 'other' and the 'cassettes' as it is my believe that when the cassettes are involved, nothing but individual molds, albeit say Rumble/Frenzy, I believe should be accepted.

I personally could not accept a panther cassette named Frenzy, or a hawk named Ravage, do you see wat I mean?

All the rest are suitable to me, but as I stated before, none of this Shadow Command or Night Ops etc. crap.

[Gutsman Heavy]

I have no problems with redeco/minor retools even if I don't care for what it ends up being (tuner skids etc)

Bring 'em on, more choice the better!

[liegeprime]

Chose 4

Seekers ( of course) but for some reason Hasbro keeps effing it up by not releasing the complete set - Classics Thundercracker still needs to be issued!!! - I have Henkei one but it would've been reasonable to reissue Thundercracker rather than skip him altogether - the mold is there for pete's sake!

Ratchet/ Ironhide - just make sure they mold a different head - which is why I didnt vote bumbles/cliffy - Hasbro is guilty of straight repaints for these two - laziness of doing a new head - though they do now for generations prolly seeing the comments fandom makes... but then they dont care we are not the target market - the toy stores are!

Cassettes - though I wish they made more - they only came up with ravage ( with hound) which has a lazerbeak head and for all the great toy engineering today the couldnt make it more poseable than the original, sigh

Prowl et al - just make sure the colors arent funny or runny

[Tallestblue]

I usually have a "NO REPAINTS!!" policy. But I threw it out the window with CHUGU because G1 had the repainted characters. Mostly the Seekers and Prowl/Smokescreen/Bluestreak. ( I do not own CHUGU Cliffjumper or Ratchet. I'd like to!)